Baughn comments on Supply, demand, and technological progress: how might the future unfold? Should we believe in runaway exponential growth? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Baughn 15 April 2014 12:48:30PM 0 points [-]

Which is not something that the typical person, i.e. someone who barely understands the notion of "folders", can do. I despair at the thought of explaining that some of their data exists on the laptop and some of it on this box over there, let alone how and when to move data between them.

Comment author: milindsmart 25 August 2016 05:56:59PM 0 points [-]

There is no guarantee that there exists some way for them to understand.

Consider the possibility that it's only possible for people with nontrivial level of understanding to work with 5TB+ amounts of data. It could be a practical boost in capability due to understanding storage technology principles and tools... maybe?

What level of sophistication would you think is un-idiot-proof-able? Nuclear missiles? not-proven-to-be-friendly-AI?